EVENT PROGRAM:
Opening Remarks:
David Ibsen
Executive Director, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)
Dr. Stefan Friedrich
Head of the Department Sub-Saharan Africa, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)
Presentations:
Interlinkage of Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime in West Africa
Dr. Théo Clément
Expert on illicit economies and trade based in Nouakchott, Mauritania
Linkages of Terrorist Groups in West Africa with Terrorist Networks in other African Regions
Dr. Ini Dele-Adedeji
Research Associate at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London (SOAS)
Sofia Koller
Senior Research Analyst, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)
Discussant and Moderator:
Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler
Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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